Andrea

From those who simply want to up their grades, to those with special educational needs, tutoring can enable students to be their best. My approach facilitates this by tailoring lessons to meet individual student needs, plus spotting problem areas and setting achievable and measurable targets.

I specialise in English at A-Level, GCSE and earlier key stages. I have been teaching the GCSE and A-Level syllabus (all exam boards) for six years, and have a worked with a number of London Councils, supporting students on their Looked After Children programmes. I additionally teach with various prestigious London tutoring agencies.

I have taught English, Drama, Media Studies and Philosophy in schools, universities, prison and one-to-one. I have co-designed and am currently delivering an adult Philosophy course in various London prisons, in collaboration with King’s College London, so am well-versed in teaching adults, who need assistance with further education, in addition to GCSE and A Level students who need tutoring in disciplines outside of English.

I can additionally teach ESOL, having taught English in China for a year, plus being employed by local authorities in 2017/18 to teach English to refugees.

My students get excellent results. For example, my last full-time GCSE English Literature and Language student achieved a level six from previously a four, and my last A level student moved from D to A.

I hope to be have the opportunity to assist you in your studies soon. Please do send me a message if you require any further information.

Availability: Availability weekdays and weekends, daytime and evening.

Willing to travel: 10 miles

Experience: English Teacher, self-employed and working with [contact detail removed], for Lewisham, Tower Hamlets and Westminster Councils
September 2013 – present
Notable experience in this role includes:
Delivering GCSE English workshops.
Teaching ESOL to refugees from Syria, Sudan and Eritrea.
Teaching LACs with a broad range of mental health issues.
Teaching young people, of all ages, with special educational needs: dyslexia, dyspraxia and general subject disengagement.

Philosophy Teacher in a high security prison - King’s College London
January 2016 – present
Notable experience in this role includes:
Co-designing and delivering a ten week Philosophy course for adult offenders.
Advising on group psychology and amending the syllabus in order to incorporate the group`s needs.
Completing funding applications.
Establishing a working group, with a variety of practitioners, in order to pool ideas and prepare the way for expansion.

The Idler Academy
Notting Hill, London
December 2012–September 2013
Children’s Literature and Event Co-ordinator

Heath House Prep School
Blackheath, London
May 2012–December 2012
ESOL Teacher and Assistant, reception–year six

Grace Publishing and Communications Group
Puxi, Shanghai,
June 2011–June 2012
Writer and Facilitator for Express UR Self, a project for young female writers, aged 12-19

Euroway Training Centre
Pudong, Shanghai
December 2010–December 2011
English and Drama Teacher, students aged 2–18

Canterbury Christ Church University
Canterbury, Kent
September 2008–March 2010
Editorial Manager for the Aimhigher Young Journalism Project, ‘Zoom’.
Journalism and Creative Writing Teacher

The University of Kent
Canterbury, Kent
February 2009–December 2009
Ambassador and English Teacher